Amendments to the Statute of the Council of Europe

COUNCIL OF EUROPE
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                   Treaty Series No. 53 (1951)

       Amendments to the
Statute of the Council of Europe
                         Strasbourg, 22nd May, 1951

      Presented by the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to Parliament
                         by Command of His Majesty
                                   Judy 1951

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Cmd. 8293

AMENDMENTS TO THE STATUTE OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE
   APPROVED BY THE COMMITTEE OF MINISTERS DURING
   ITS EIGHTH SESSION FROM 2nd TO 4th MAY, 1951, AND
   BY THE CONSULTATIVE ASSEMBLY DURING ITS THIRD
   SESSION ON 15th MAY, 1951

                        Strasbourg, 22nd May, 1951

                     Certificate of the Secretary - General
    Whereas paragraph (d) of Article 41 of the Statute of the Council of
Europe(') provides that amendments to Articles 23-35, 38 and 39 which have
been approved by the Committee of Ministers and the Consultative Assembly
shall come into force on the date of the certificate of the Secretary-General,
transmitted to the Governments of Members, certifying that they have been
so approved;
    The Secretary-General hereby certifies as follows:-
    1. The Committee of Ministers, during its Eighth Session from 2nd to
4th May, 1951, approved the amendments to the Statute the text of which
is set out below.
   2. The Consultative Assembly, during its Third Ordinary Session, approved
on 15th May, 1951 these same amendments.
    3. Both organs of the Council of Europe having thus approved them,
these amendments will come into force this 22nd day of May, 1951, being the
date of this certificate, transmitted on the same date to the Governments of
all Members.
   The text of the amendments referred to above is as follows:-
   Article 23 to be re-worded as follows:
   "(a) The Consultative Assembly may discuss and make recommendations
       upon any matter within the aim and scope of the Council of Europe
       as defined in Chapter 1. It shall also discuss and may make recom-
       mendations upon any matter referred to it by the Committee of Ministers
       with a request for its opinion.
   (b) The Assembly shall draw up its Agenda in accordance with the provisions
       of paragraph (a) above. In so doing, it shall have regard to the work
       of other European inter-governmental organisations to which some
       or all of the Members of the Council are parties.
   (c) The President of the Assembly shall decide, in case of doubt, whether
       any question raised in the course of the Session is within the Agenda
       of the Assembly."
    Replace the first sentence of paragraph (a) of Article 25 by the following
text:
       " The Consultative Assembly shall consist of Representatives of each
    Member elected by its Parliament or appointed in such manner as that
    Parliament shall decide, subject, however, to the right of each Member
    Government to make any additional appointments necessary when the
    Parliament is not in session and has not laid down the procedure to be
    followed in that case."                                                      .a

                   (1) "Treaty Series No. 51 (1949)," Cmd. 7778.
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AMENDEMENTS AU STATUT DU CONSEIL DE L'EUROPE
   APPROUVES PAR LE COMITE DES MINISTRES AU COURS
   DE SA HUITIEME SESSION TENUE ' DU 2 AU 4 MAI 1951
   ET PAR L 'ASSEMBLEE CONSULTATIVE LE 15 MAI 1951
   AU COURS DE SA TROISIEME SESSION

                           Strasbourg , le 22 mai 1951

                      Proces-verbal du Secretaire General
    Considerant que le paragraphe (d) de ]'article 41 du Statut du Conseil de
I'Europe dispose que les amendements aux articles 23 a 35, 38 et 39, qui auront
ete approuves par le Comite et I'Assemblee, entreront en vigueur it In date du
proces-verbal ad hoc etabli par le Secretaire General, communique aux
gouvernements des Membres et attestant ('approbation donnee auxdits
amendements;
    Le Secretaire General, par les presentes, certifie ce qui suit:
    1. Le Comite des Ministres,an cours de sa huitieme session tenue du 2 an
4 mai 1951, a approuve les amendements au Statut dont le texte est reproduit
ci-dessous.
   2. L'Assemblee Consultative, au tours de sa troisieme Session ordinaire, a
approuve le 15 mai 1951 ces mcmes amendements.
    3. Ces amendements, ainsi approuves par les deux organcs du Conseil de
('Europe, entreront en vigueur ce 22 mai 1951, date du present proces-verbal,
communique le meme jour aux gouvernements de tous les Membres.

   Le texte des amendements ci-dessus mentionnes est le suivant:
     Libeller ]'article 23 comme suit:
  "(a) L'Assemblee Consultative peut deliberer et formuler des recomman-
        dations sur toute question repondant au but et rentrant dans la competence
        du Conseil de l'Europe, tels qu'ils sont definis au Chapitre 1; elle delibere
        et peut formuler des recommandations sur toute question qui lui est
        soumise pour avis par le Comite des Ministres.
    (b) L'Assemblee fixe son ordre du jour conformement aux dispositions du
        paragraphe (a) ci-dessus, en tenant compte de 1'activite des autres
        organisations intergouvernementales europeennes auxquelles sent parties
        tous les Membres du Conseil ou quelques-uns d'entre eux.
   (c) Le President de I'Assemblee decide, en cas de doute, si une question
       soulevee en cours de session rentre dans l'ordre du jour de 1'Assemblee."

    Remplacer la premiere phrase du paragraphe (a) de Particle 25 par le
texte suivant:
        " L'Assemblee Consultative est composee de representants de chaque
    Membre, elus par son Parlement on designes selon une procedure fixee
    par celui-ci, sous reserve toutefois que le gouvernement de tout Membre
    puisse proceder a des nominations complementaires quand le Parlement
    West pas en session et n'a pas etabli la procedure a suivre dans cc cas."

Article 27 to be re-worded as follows:
     "The conditions under which the Committee of Ministers collectively
 may be represented in the debates of the Consultative Assembly, or
 individual Representatives on the Committee or their alternates may
 address the Assembly , shall be determined by such rules of procedure
 on this subject as may be drawn up by the Committee after consultation
 with the Assembly."
 Article 34 to be re - worded as follows:
     " The Consultative Assembly may be convened in extraordinary sessions
 upon the initiative either of the Committee of Ministers or of the President
 of the Assembly after agreement between them , such agreement also to
 determine the date and place of the sessions."
 Add to Article 38 the following paragraph (e):
"(e) The Secretary - General shall also submit to the Committee of Ministers
     an estimate of the expenditure to which the implementation of each of
     the recommendations presented to the Committee would give rise.
     Any resolution the implementation of which requires additional
     expenditure shall not be considered as adopted by the Committee of
     Ministers unless.the Committee has also approved the corresponding
     estimates for such additional expenditure."

 Done at Strasbourg this 22nd day of May, 1951.

                                                   J. C. PARIS,
                                                        Secretary- General.

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Libeller ('article 27 comme suit:
     " Les conditions dans lesquelles le Comite des Ministres peut etre
 represents collectivement aux debats de l'Assemblee Consultative, celles
 dans lesquelles les representants an Comite et leurs suppleants peuvent, a
 titre individuel, prendre la parole devant elle, seront soumises aux dispositions
 appropriees du RBglement interieur, arretees par le Comite apres con-
 sultation de I'Assemblee."
 Libeller l'article 34 comme suit:
     " L'Assemblee Consultative peut We convoquee en session extraordinaire,
 sur l'initiative soit du Comite des Ministres, soil du President de J'Assemblee,
 apres accord entre eux, qui portera egalement sur la date et le lieu de la
 session."
 Ajouter a I'article 38 on alinea (e) ainsi conqu:
 "(e) Le Secretaire General soumet egalement au Comite des Ministres une
    evaluation des depenses qu'implique l'execution de chacune des recom-
    mandations presentees au Comite. Une resolution dont 1'execution
    entrain des depenses supplementaires n'est consideree comme adoptee
    par le Comite des Ministres que lorsque celui-ci a approuve les previsions
    de depenses supplementaires correspondantes."

 Fait a Strasbourg, le 22 mai 1951.

                                                    J.   C.   PARIS,
                                                              Secretaire General.

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